Combination high chair and baby carriage



Aug. 23, 1955 Filed Oct. 13, 1952 W. F. GALLOWAY, SR

COMBINATION HIGH CHAIR AND BABY CARRIAGE 2 Sheets-Sheet l 14 TRNE.

Aug. 23, 1955 W. F. GALLOWAY, SR

COMBINATION HIGH CHAIR AND BABY CARRIAGE Filed Oct. 13, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. /'///'a/77 fwd/ana 5/,"

United States Patent COMBINATION HIGH HA1R AND BABY CARRIAGE William F. Galloway, Sr., New Orleans, La.

Application October 13, 1952, Serial No. 314,435

3 Claims. (Cl. 155-38) It is the most important object of the present invention r to provide a collapsible combination high chair and baby carriage that includes relatively swingable legs provided with wheels or rollers when used as a carriage, the frames forming the legs being interconnected by a flexible seat that is looped over a cross member on one of the frames and interconnects the frames when in the position of a high chair, and which seat is looped between the frames when in a position for use as a carriage.

Another object hereof is to provide a collapsible unit as above set forth that includes a tray adapted for interconnecting the frames and thereby holding the same against swinging movement when in a position as a baby carriage, the tray being swingable and shiftable with respect to one of the frames upon which it is mounted so that it may be used in the normal manner when adapted as a high chair.

Other objects include the Way in which the tray is slidably mounted upon a pair of arms for adjustment as the two positions of the assembly are assumed; the manner of swingably and slidably mounting the tray arms upon one of the frames for the purposes of adjustment; the manner of providing a support for the tray, together with means to hold the latter against swinging movement when the assembly is adapted as a high chair; and many more minor objects including details of construction, all of which will be made clear as the following specification progresses.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a side elevational view of a collapsible combination high chair and baby carriage made according to the present invention, showing the same as a high chair.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view thereof showing the same in position as a baby carriage.

Fig. 3 is a transverse, cross-sectional view taken on line III-III of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary, front elevational view of the structure as shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a front elevational view of the structure as shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a side elevational view of the structure in a collapsed condition; and

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary, perspective view showing the seat when the same connects the frames for use as a high chair.

As clearly shown in the drawings, there is provided a front frame broadly designated by the numeral 10, and a rear frame 12, each of which is preferably U-shaped whereby frame 10 has a transverse bight or cross-member 14 and a pair of legs 16 and 18. Legs 20 and 22 of the rear frame 12 are longer than the legs 16 and 18 of frame 10 and are interconnected by a cross member or bight 24. The legs 18 and 22 are crossed and pivotally inter- 2,715,935 Patented Aug. 23, 1955 connected as at 26, and the legs 16 and are likewise crossed and joined by a pivot pin 28. Legs 16 and 18 are provided with rear wheels and 32 respectively, and the legs 20 and 22 with wheels 34 and 36 respectively adjacent the lowermost ends thereof.

It is to be noted particularly in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, that the legs 18 and 20 are sufficiently long to rest upon the floor, holding the wheels 30 and 32 in an elevated position when the device is used as a high chair, yet all four wheels ride upon the ground when the device is assembled as a baby carriage in the manner illustrated by Fig. 2 of the drawings. Other suitable means may be employed to accomplish the result of stabilizing the article on the floor when in the position to be used as a chair. The legs 24) and 22 are interconnected by a cross rod 38 intermediate the ends thereof above the pivot pins 26 and 23 for receiving one end of a flexible seat roadly designated by the numeral 40 and preferably made from a suitable fabric material such as canvas. Normally, when the assembly is used as a high chair as shown in Figs. 1, 4 and 7, the seat 40 is looped in a bight 42 around the cross member 14, presenting a pair of relatively overlapped legs 44 and 46. The cross pin 38 is extended through the legs 20 and 22 to receive loops 48 on the opposite end of the seat 40. Seat 40 thereby serves as the means for holding the frames 10 and 12 against separation when used as a high chair. In other words, the seat 40 limits the extent of movement of the cross member 14 away from the cross pin 38.

The distance between the cross members 14 and 38 is greater when the assembly is used as a carriage in the manner illustrated in Figs. 2 and 5 of the drawings, and in such position the bight 42 of the seat 40 is looped downwardly between the frames 10 and 12 above the pivot pins 26 and 28 with the loops 48 attached to hoops 50 on the legs 16 and 18 immediately below crossmember 14. A back rest 52 between the legs 20 and 22 above the cross pin 38, is preferably of flexible material and is stretched between the cross member 24 and a cross pin 54.

A tray 56 is mounted upon a U-shaped frame piece 58 having a pair of arms 6%) and 62 that are in turn pivotally connected to'the legs 24} and 22 respectively by bolt and nut assemblies 64. Each of the legs 20 and 22 has an elongated slot 66 for slidably receiving the bolts 64, said slots 66 being disposed between the cross members 24 and 54.

Tray 56 resting upon the frame piece 58, has releasable clamps 68 on the lowermost face thereof that normally grip the arms and 62 and when released, are adapted to slide therealong.

A pair of spaced blocks or the like 70, on the lowermost face of tray 56, receive bight 72 of the frame piece 58 therebetween as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings when the assembly is used as a baby carriage. Latch means 74 on one of the blocks 79 is swingable to a position beneath the bight 72 to hold the tray 56 against swinging movement away from cross member 14, upon which it rests, on the axis of bolts 64.

Tray 56 is also supported by the frame 10 when the assembly is used as a high chair through the medium of a U-shaped support 76 swingable from the position shown in Fig. 2 where its legs are disposed between tray 56 and cross member 14, to the position shown in Fig. 1 where its legs depend from the tray 56 and are fitted in holes 78 in the cross member 14. A strap 8'0 interconnects the tray 56 and the cross member 14 to hold shoulders 82 on the legs of support 76 against the cross member 14.

The seat 40 has a pair of leg-receiving openings 84 at the bight 42 thereof which are used when the assembly is adapted as a baby carriage and an opening 86 for clearing that part of strap 80 that is attached to the ross m mber 4,

It is seen in Fig. l of the drawings, that the bolt and nut assemblies 64 are at the uppermost endsof the slots 56; the tray 56 is shifted outwardly away from the bight 7 2,the seat .40 is looped around the member 14 and join d ith the r.0s.sp-in 38, and the tray 56 is supporte y member 76 on he cross ar 14 nd he a n up movement by the strap .89. When the assembly is to be made ready for use as a carriage in the manner illustrated by Fig; ,2, the strap 80 is disconnected, the assemblies ,64 are loosened and the loops 48 are rem ed from V he cross :pin 38,. Thereupon, the seat 40 is looped as shown in Fig. .2 with the loops 48 attached to hooks 59, the assemblies 64 are shifted to the lowermost end of the slots 65 and re-tightened, the tray 56 is moved toward the fight 72 and the cross member 14 is received between the blocks 70. Support 76 is swung to a position between tray 55 and the cross member 14 and the latch 74 is swung to the position beneath the bight 72..

Collapsing for storage or shipment as shown on Fig. 6 is accomplished by swinging the frames 10 and 12 relativelyto move the cross member 14 toward the cross bar 38, and the tray 56 istswung to a position behind the frame 12. V 7

Details of construction such as the way in which the seat 40 is selectively connected to the frames 10 and 12; the way in which the arms 60 and 62 are swingably and shiftably joined to the frame 12; the manner of joining the tray 56 to the frame piece 58; the way in which carriage, a front and a rear frame, each having a pair of legs, the legs of the front frame crossing the legs of the rear frame; means pivotally securing each leg of the front frame to a corresponding leg of the rear frame for swinging movement of the frames relatively to and from a collapsed position; a' flexible seat on one side of said pivotal means, said seat having a pair of ends and a bight, one of the ends being secured to one 'of the frames, the other frame having a cross member joining the legs thereof, saidtbight being looped around the member when the frames and seat are in a position for use as a high chair; releasable means including elements on the seat and elements on the one frame for joining the other of said ends to said one frame when the, frames and seat are in said position for use as a high chair; means on said other frame adapted to receive said elements for joining said other end to the other frame with said bight looped between the frames when the frames and seat are 1 in a p ition for e as aha-by c rri ge; a tray; ar means swingably and shiftably secured to said one frame; means shif ably s c ring the :tray to said arm means; releasable mechanism for joining the tray with member when the frames and seat are in said position for use .as a baby carriage; and structure for supporting the tray by said member when the frames, and the seat are References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Guterman Nov. 17, 1925 Keough Dec. 5, 1950 

